Ironing board



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IRONING BOARD.

T N FILED APR. 21,]9'21 Patented Oct. W, 1922..

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lRONlNG BOARD. APPLICATION FILED.APR.21,1921.

1,481,673.. Patented. 0Ct-1@,1922.

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To whom it may concern:

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l ttldttt JOHN wQnnc'usjor o'r'rawa, rumors ,rnonrne BOARD. H

Application filed s in 2.1, 1921. Serial No. 463,371.

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. Loans, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Jtate Ottawa, in the county ofLa Salle and l of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to ironing board supports and has for its. object the provision of means whereby an ironing: board may be supported immediately tClJdCGlltfiwWllldow or door opening and may be very easily set asidewhen its use is no longer re quired. The invention seeks to provide a support for ironing boards which may be readily adjusted to the width of a door or window opening and which will effectually secure the end of the ironing board so that it will be supported firmly and the securing means. disposedin sucl a manner that they will not interfere with he use of the board in any way.

In the accompanying drawings, which il lustrate one embodiment of the invention,

ing board supported adjacent a window; 1'

Figure :1 I is a perspective view of an iron- .Fig. 2 is fan enlarged perspective view showing the members of the support in re tudinally of theboard;

leasedposition; I F1g. 31s an enlarged section taken longi- Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation showi 'ing part of :the adjusting means;

Fig; 5 is an enlargedsectional elevation of one of the window or door frame engag 111g members. Y o l d The ironing board 1 I111 itself may be of the usual form and of any desired dimenslons.

{To the under side of the board,I secure a leg-Q by a hinge?) so that the leg may be folded close to the "under side of the board when. the board isnot to be used. By referring to Fig. 3, it will. be noted; that the upper end of the leg, when it is extended for use, abuts squarely against. the under side l of the board so that a firm support will be provided and it is also tobe noted that the leg may be placed at the center of the board or between the center and the wider end thereof so that thesmaller end of the board will be free to facilitate the placing of skirts and similar garments thereover for ironing. To the wider end of the board, ll secure a supporting member or base bar 4:.Wl'llCh willconveniently be an angle iron strip secured permanently to the b ard by scre s 1" or door frame;

other fasteners 5, one web or flange of the bar htting against the end edge of the board,

while the other flange or web of the bar rests upon the top of the board. The ends of the bar at project beyond the sides of the board, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and to one end ofthe bar I secure a clamping head 6 which issubstantially T-shaped, having its stem face of the head is convexso that it will not unduly mar the window or door frame and it may be covered with any convenient material so asto bind firmly against the window or door frame without denting or otherwise defacing the same. The opposite end of the bar a is providedwith alongit-udinal series of. openings 8in its overhanging horizontally disposed web or flange and these openings are internally threaded, as shown in Fig. 4. Restingupon the base bar 4 is a cooperating clamping bar 9 which is also of angle iron construction and this bar is provided in its horizontal web with two openings 10 having smooth bores and spaced apart so that when one opening is inaxial alinement with an opening 8 inthe bar at the other opening will be outof alinement with anopening 8. A key 11 is employed tosecure the bars 4 and 9 in a set relative extremity engaging the threaded opening 8.

A handle 14 of anyconvenient or preferred form is provided at the upper end of the key so that itmay: be readily turnedand it will be understood that turningofthe key will cause its threaded'extremity to ride. in the opening 8 until its annular shoulder 13 abuts the upper surface of the bar 9. The smooth portion of the tenon 12, however, permits the bar 9 to move pivotally relative to the bar 1- so that the window or door frame engag ing head carried by the upper bar 9 may be readily brought into proper position. By

referring more particularlyto F ig. 2, it will be noted that a block 15 is fittedto one end of the bar 9 and is secured thereto by fastening screws 1601" similar devices. This block is provided in its endwith an internally As shown at 7, the bearing threaded socket 17 which is engaged by a screw 18 Carrying the head 19 which is similar in form and dimensions to the head 7. This head 19 is engaged in the door or window frame in the same manner that the head 7 is engaged and a lock nut 20, mounted upon the screw 18 to bear against the end of the block 15, -is turned home against the block to hold the parts in the adjusted relation.

At any convenient point along the bar l, I provide a bracket or standard 2; which overhangs the said bar and the end of the ironing board and has its overhanging portion constructed to provide a recess or space between the surface of the bracket and the bar l, as indicated at 22. The bracket is also provided at its upperextremity with a lug or projection 23 upon which is pivoted a button 2%. Thespace 22 is adapted to receive the bar 9 which will fit closely therein and, after the bar hasbeen swung into the said recess,the button 24 is turned to a vertical position, as shown-in Fig. 3, so that it Wlll engage over the vertical flange of the bar. 9' and, therefore, restrain the same against movement.

Itis thought the manner of setting the device will be readilyunderstood. The bars 4t and 9 are adjusted so that when they are in alinement the heads 7 and 19 will bind againstv the opposite sides 01 the door or window frame. Thisadjustment is obtained ap proximately by means of the key 11 and the openings 8, and 10 in an obvious manner. After the bars have been thus adjusted as 'closely as possible to themeasured width ot the window or door frame, the screw 18 is rotatedso as to'set the head 19 closer to or farther from the block 15 and thereby obtain the exaet'adjustment required, the nut 20 being turned home against the block to hold the adjustment. With the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 2, the heads 7 and "1.9 are positioned within the window 'lra me and the inner end of the bar 9 swung pi votally aboutthe key 11 so as to engage the bracket 21, as shown in Fig. 3, after which the button 24 is swung over the vertical flange of the bar 9 and the leg 2 lowered to the 'l'loor.

To release the board, the operation is reversed. The board may then be used treel without any fear of its becoming loose and dropping while ironing is being done. providing means to support the ironing board immediately adjacent. a door orwindow, I am enabled toobtain all the light necessary for the work and also obtain the fullest possible ventilation of the room besides aiding in the comfort ozt' the ironer. The device is exceedingly simple: and may be readily applied to any'ironing board. hen applied, it may be easily adjusted or set by anyone without waste of time and without requiring any excessive labor. When once adjusted to gaging clamping heads carried by the outer ends of both said bars.

2. Means for supporting-an ironing board comprising a base bar adapted to be secured to one end of the ironing board and pro-- vided at one end with a longitudinal series of threaded openings, a rlampin; head tired to one end of said bar, an upper bar rcstiin); upon the base bar and provided with a plurality of smooth bore openings. the said openings being so spaced that when one opening is in alinement with an opening in the base bar the other opening in the upper bar will not be in alinement with an opening in the base bar, a clamping head car ried by said upper bar, and a key having a tenon adapted to pivotally engage the.

smooth bore opening in the upper bar, and a threaded extremity to engage one of the threaded openings in the base bar.

.3. Means for supporting an ironing board comprising a base bar, a clamping head fixed to the outer end of said bar to engage a window -frame, an upper bar pivotally supported by the base bar, a clamping houd carried by the outer end o'l said upper bar and adjustable longitu:linally ol the same to engage a window frame, and means for holding the bars in lmigitudinal alincinent.

a. Means tor supporting an ironing board comprising a base bar adapted to be secured to one end of the ironing boa rd. an upper bar carried by the base bar and loinritudinally adjustable thereon, a clamping head carried by said upper bar, a bracket secured to the base bar and overhanging the same in spa ed. relation and adapted to recoiw the upper bar, and a retaining device mounted on raid bracket and adapted to engage the sa d up per bar.

5. Means for suppoi ting an ironing board comprising a base bar. a nhido'w-lrini e on gaging head fixed to the outer cud ol said bar, an upper bar pivotally mounted on the base bar, a socket at the ontrr end oi the upper bar, a screw engaged in said socket. a windowrameengaging head carried by said screw, means for locking the screw in a set position, and means for retaining the bars in alinement.

In testimony whereof l allix my gnature.

JOHN WV. LUCUQ. liL. s.] 

